Epar.Od. Pilonas-Katavias, Kiotari 851 09 Greece, Kiotari, Greece | (888) 399-9863
Family hotel with private beach and large rooms with balconies
Indoor pool, outdoor two-tiered pool, and kids' club pool with slides
Four family-friendly restaurants, a coffee shop, gelateria, and six bars
Charming full-service spa with solarium and sauna
Kids' mini club with playground and pool with two slides
Private shingle beach with clubhouse, trapeze, and volleyball court
Fully stocked mini market, on-site rental car desk, and jewelry store
Business area with eight PC computers and a printer
Free parking and Wi-Fi in the cafe and lobby
Standard gym
Game room with bridge tables
Fee for Wi-Fi service
Pool can get crowded and lounge chairs are often full
Greek restaurant is often booked with reservations
Guests complain about the cleanliness of common area and rooms
Room decor is dated with patterned bedspreads
The hotel is occasionally overbooked
The 432-room Mitsis Rodos Maris Resort and Spa has pretty sea views, lovely indoor and outdoor pools, and a location within easy walking distance to a private beach. Rooms are spacious but plain, with little decor and dated touches such as patterned bedspreads, though they do have nice balconies. There are many dining and drinking options plus a kids' club with playground and pool with slides, but there is a pesky fee for Wi-Fi and the pool can often be crowded. The Princess Andriana Resort has nicer rooms with flat-screen TVs, but for higher prices.
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Scene
Seaside family resort
The best features of the resort are the stunning sea views and the variety of dining options on-site. The hotel’s grounds -- featuring the occasional caricature artist with an easel -- are characterized by charming stone pathways, Mediterranean architecture, trees, hedges, pops of colorful hibiscus and bougainvillea, and outdoor seating to take in the stunning sea views. The family-friendly nature of the hotel, though, as some guests complain, can create a rather noisy and boisterous atmosphere.
Location
On the southeast side of Rhodes Island
The resort is on the outskirts of Lardos, a quiet beach town on the southeast side of the island of Rhodes. The area is slightly removed from Rhodes town (a car ride of one hour and 11 minutes), where there is the Palace of the Grand Master of Knights and the Medieval Clock Tower. Lindos, popular for its shopping, is 24 minutes away. Kiotari beach -- where guests can take boat rides, kayak, or snorkel -- is a short walk from the hotel, which is situated on a rather unattractive street with strip malls. The airport, if traveling by car, takes over an hour.
Rooms
Spacious rooms with dated decor and balconies overlooking the sea
Decor in rooms is classic and a touch dated with pops of colorful floral window coverings, bedspreads, and upholstered headboards. Some rooms have old style TVs, twin beds pushed together, and furnishings that are a bit outdated. Rooms include air-conditioning, mini-fridges, safes for a fee, and (in some) balconies with beautiful sea views. Bathrooms are standard with shower/tub combos, modern fixtures, and large mirrors. Guest recommend asking for a room with views of the sea.
Features
Outdoor children's activities, three modern pools, and beach sports
A lovely spa with blue lighting has several treatment rooms, a solarium, and sauna. For families, there are a kids' club, a playground, and a pool with a winding yellow slide and a smaller serpent slide. The indoor pool is modern with a small fountain. The main pool has a smaller upper tier pool with a waterfall, a white bridge, and yellow umbrellas and blue lounge chairs on the deck. On the beach, kids can get harnessed in and play on a trapeze or visit the clubhouse.
The main restaurant -- which has a dress code -- offers a large buffet and a charming terrace furnished with wicker chairs and checkered green tablecloths. The lobby bar is spacious and bright with marble flooring, sunburst ceiling fixtures over the bar top and brown wicker chairs with a nearby baby grand piano. The gelateria -- bright with white indoor and outdoor seating -- is decorated with a small children’s stage painted with a mural backdrop. It’s an informal atmosphere at the small pool bar with its wooden bar stools. The Internet cafe is small with wooden chairs and a massage chair available for a fee. There are also a Chinese restaurant with hanging red lanterns and a Greek restaurant with wispy white curtains on the terrace.
